How often does getting lost in rabbit holes take over your morning, your workday, or your family time? You start with an idea, then a quick Google search or casual scroll through social media, and before you know it, you're 43 tabs deep into a completely unrelated topic and have lost the idea that got you into this mess.
In this episode of Get It Together Weirdo, Sarah explores how a small spark of curiosity can lead to distraction and lost productivity. She offers strategies to help manage distraction while preserving the creative and curious spirit that initiates these journeys. She shares her own story of getting overwhelmed by bullet journaling to show that finding a method that works for you is key.
What you’ll learn in this episode
- The importance of aligning actions with personal priorities and finding balance to prevent distractions from taking over your life.
- Strategies to manage distractions while preserving the creative and curious spirit that initiates your journeys.
- The need to align daily actions with core priorities to ensure that your productivity and mental well-being are not compromised by distractions.
- How experimenting with different methods for capturing your ideas without getting lost in distractions can balance your creativity with productivity.
Noteworthy quotes from this episode
“Rabbit holes are one way for our brain to follow its curiosity. It starts with something small. A question, an idea, a picture or song or smell or conversation that triggers something in your brain.”
“Without boundaries, rabbit holes will keep sucking you in and you'll continue to spiral down the guilt slide of wasting your time.”
“Start with getting clear on what really matters to you, your core priorities at that point in time. What are the things that light you up, the things that you want to focus on that day, that week, that month?”
Resources mentioned in this episode
- Notion: notion.so
- Trello: trello.com
- Google Docs: docs.google.com
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